In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 03/21/2008
at 09:26 AM, Peter Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>You have no way of knowing what intricate ramifications there might be
>for bits that are not programming interfaces that you happen to think do
>what you want. And we have no reason to avoid making changes in such
>areas when such changes are appropriate to the product, including in
>service, and such changes might invalidate your assumptions.
The flip side is that I've seen some unsupported interfaces remain usable
for far longer than some documented interfaces. In at least one case the
documented a documented interface only lasted for one incremental release.
That said, I agree that it's best to formally request a supported
interface.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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